rad or bad? - ombre hair trend

ombre hair is where your hair fades into a different colour. The only thing really needed for it is longish hair. How do you rate it? rad or bad?

hair

what does it really mean to have pretty hair? My hair is pretty average, layered, side fringe, top of boob length, never been died (yes I'm a dye virgin), black/brown colour thats curly wavy but not the big nice curly wavy, more like an ugly hard to style curly wavy. Some days I'm in love with my hair and sometimes I hate it. My hair routine is pretty basic and will be posted on here later. I straighten it everyday with GHD iron and for school I like to wear it messy. So many girls have the prettiest hair, my friend taylor has dyed hair and everytime she gets it dyed it looks good. Sometimes though dying isn't good. I used to have this friend who had the prettiest hair I'd ever seen. It was boob length caramel with natural blondish light caramel highlights which looked great against her tanned skin and green eyes (yes I'm bringing out my natural inner english geek in this post). Then we went seperate ways and she added me on facebook and in her photo she had not even kidding solid black choppy shoulder length fringe hair. It looked pretty good and like what many girls are dying their hair like these days but she just didn't look natural. So I went all CSI on her page (which is my fancy way of saying facebook stalking) and it seems that she went from bleach bleach blond to dark as black and it didn't look so good. I just wish that she didn't dye it. Some people have good judgement, my advice if your going to dye your hair is really think about it. Think about the colour and ask round your friends and stylist before you go and do it.

4 june ins and outs

So just an update dearies.
Right now theres a powercut all around my suburb, lucky my laptops wireless. Anyway, exams junior mid year exams are next week so I've been studying real hard because lately my reports have been pretty bad so my mum promised me that If I pass all my exams I get to test the clinique 3-step skincare system because lately my skin has been so terrible, the only part of my face that is clear is my forehead, the rest is covered in pimples everywhere. I've stopped wearing face make-up all together and it's not working that well. So I will have a post up pretty soon about my skin and stuff, thats if I pass which is pretty unlikely due to me having the worst year ever.

in

no make-up

new fringe (my friend cut it and its actually amazing)

my levi darkwash skinny jeans

estee lauder zero smudge mascara

boots no.7 ultimate curl mascara

coastal scents 88 shimmer pallette

answering beauty questions on forums

out

bad skin

proactiv

exams

studying

feeling bad everytime I go to download a song off limewire which equals illegal

getting in trouble for my top button being undone

my hair going curly at school straight after I straightened it

That's about it ladies. Blog you later babies xxxxx

'80s disco on your lips.

MAC superglasses just arrived on maccosmetics.com which means it they won't be New Zealand mac stores for a few weeks. I've always been a fan of dazzleglasses, just everything about them is so nice, they are definately my favourtite out of all the mac lipglasses. Seeing swatches from temptalia.com and they look super glittery hense  the name. I think if I were to go out and purchase one I would probably get the lightest pink which is sweet tart. I don't think these would be for everyday use but over a light pink lipstick (mac viva glam gaga) for a night out would be cute.

                               

cherry electric, disco blend, fab frenzy, gift wrap, sugar overload, superflash,

sweet tart, totally bang, tunnel of love.

source: http://www.temptalia.com/mac-superglass-collection-for-summer-2010

pictures: http://www.temptalia.com/mac-superglass-collection-for-summer-2010

style: the jock jacket

I know this is supposed to be like a beauty blog but I wanted to add a bit of fashion into it just because this is something I've been loving and it is the men's jock jacket. So jock jackets are purely cliche chick flick style but I love them all the same. I mean not many schools I know of have attractive jock jackets but if yours does then borrow your guy friends I guess but I don't think many schools in my area have the jock jacket so I think that's why I like them, I don't know. I used to think they were purely for men but seeing this girl in the lower jock jacket (pictured above) she just looks so adorable and cute (ignoring the fact she has no pants on). I think this would make a cute and warm jacket for winter with some dark wash jeans and a plain black or white top. I know lower aren't the only brand with the jock jackets but I just instantly fell in love with it. They are mens though, it would be a little bit better if they did make womens jock jackets because they'd be a whole lot more fitted than the mens ones it is how it is I guess.

picture: lower.co.nz

hair product love: sebastian potion 9

Hey Ladies, so in the past I have been a hair hippie. I never used to do anything to my hair just used to wash and condition and that was it no mousse, spray, styling cream or even detangler. When I turned ten I got my first straightning iron which was one of the $20 ones in the back of farmers but thats all I needed. From that day forward I straightened my hair almost everyday and because I was still a hair hippie I didnt use heat proctectent (eeeeek!). That is what caused all of this. I should've bought myself a heat protectant the day I got my straightner but oh no I was so naive. My hair is very paranormal. I have greasy roots and dry ends. This is a tragedy, not really but hard to work with. This is when I started using hair products and noticed they made my hair so smooth and silky. And I think I've found just the miracle product.

'active-oil botanicals restore hair's natural condition, leaving hair with renewed shine'

This product I must first state is a bit on the pricey side being $50 which I know isn't like woah but still it's alot compared to supermarket brands that are $15 max. When I bought this I must admit I had my regrets, what if it didn't work? That'd be $50 down the drain but trust me it's worth every penny. It's a orange gel that can be applied to damp hair (what I usually do) and then air dry or blow dry, whatever floats your boat but it can also be used for when your hair is dry to boost shine and texture in your hair. That is vaguely what it says on the bottle but it does exactly that. I can feel the difference in my hair.

beauty rating:

9/10

picture: www.fabove.ca/Sebastian-Potion9-Treatment.html

topshop in new zealand

Hey ladies, it's here! It's here! It's finally here! Topshop hit up New Zealand on the 1st May. Topshop is a department store with low prices (possibly a range from glassons to dotti prices). It's a European store and has 300 stores all over Britain. New Zealanders have been able to purchase items from the store via the internet but online buying occasionally can backfire. Next time your in town definately make it your number one stop.

picture: vagarms.wordpress.com/2010/03/

source: http://www.frontrowdiary.com/column/488-topshop-is-coming-to-new-zealand